40 Spanish citizens evacuate Gaza through the Rafah border crossing

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People wait on the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. (File/AFP)
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  • Citizens will be evacuated from Gaza in groups of 30 to 40 people

LONDON: Around 40 Palestinians of Spanish nationality left Gaza on Monday through the Rafah border crossing, the Spanish Foreign Ministry announced.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that half of the group were minors. Meanwhile, 180 people of dual Spanish-Palestinian nationality remain in Gaza.

Albares added that the citizens, along with their spouses and family members, will be evacuated from Gaza in groups of 30 to 40 people in the coming days and transported to Spain via Egypt.
 

Topics: War on Gaza Spain